Transmission-gear.



r. B. ALLEN. TRANSMISSION GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 13, 1909.

Patented 00f. 11, 1910.

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anvenlioz flue/m g wihwaou F. B. ALLEN,

' TBhNSMISSION GEAR. LPPLIOAIIOH FILED JAR. 13, 1909.

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To all it nia g coacernf Q Be i -known that I, FRANK citizen of the United States, residing at 1Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake, State of Utah, have invented certain new .and useful Improvements in Transmission-Gears .of

which the following is a description, re erence'" being had to the accompanying drawing. and to the lettersand figures of refer-- ence marked thereon.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in.. transmission gears, and their operating mechanism, .whereby motion is transmitted from one shaft to another.

An object of the invention is to provide a transmission gearing wherein a plurality of forward speeds -may be secured when desired, the mechanism for shiftingwfrom one.

5 ed to another being simple in construction, and durable in operation.

. A further object of the invention is provide a. transmission gearing having a pluv rality of different speeds with shifting m'ech anism which is so constructedandarranged that only one of the transmission gears may be thrown into operation at the same time.

Further objects of the-invention will'in part be obvious, and will in part be more fully hereinafter described.

In th drawings which show by Way of illustration one embodiment of my invention; Figure l is a top plan view of a casing showing my improved mechanism carried thereby. Fig. 2 1s a side 'view of the casing showing the supporting bracketand the operating levers forshifting from'one speed to;

another. Fig. 3 is an endyview of the parts shown in Fig. 1, as viewed from the right. Fig. .4 is a sectional view through the segment bar, and the latch releasing-bar, show? in the locking dog in" end "View. F1g..5 is

1'. collar 11 secured to;the ;;shaft- 9. ,A gem-l2 a etail showing the shape-of the ends of the clutching dogs.

The casm 1 may be of any desired construction an is herein shown as a rectangu-, lar; frame. Mountedin the casingl is av shaft 2, whichis pzrovided with a plurality of gears 3, 4,5, 6,

which meshes with the gear 8. IgThe gear .10 is loosely mounted on the shaft 9, and is-held from longitudinal. movement by means of a ,as the drivenshaft. In order to secure the loose gears, to,-the -1 and 8, each of which. is. keyed to'the shaft 2, so ast'o rotate therewith. A shaft 9 is;also mounted in the casing 1, and islocated parallel withthe shaft 2. Theshaft 9 is provided with a-gear 10,

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" I jis nni 's mae, ad meshes with tllgtil'i. "A gear 131s also-moilntedonithe shaft 9,and'

meshes with the'geargfi. lhecollarsfliand? 15 preventthe "gears, 12: and. 1-3 from moving longitudinallyon the shaft 9 but permit 'saidi gears to rotate independentl andindependently of each other. I havealjso;prov1ded-shaft 9 with the gears 16 and 17, which mesh respectively with' 'gears '5I65 and. 4; The gears 16 and 17 turn" freel on the shaft 9 and areheld from longitu" in'al i.

movement by the collars 18-5a11ds;19 A' gear'ji 20, is loosely mounted onithe: shaft-19, and held from longitudinal movement by the col- .70 lar21. Said. gear .20,- as.shown linkFigt-fi, meshes with a gear. 22 su pending bracket 23 forme msaid casing 1.- -J The gear 22 in turn meshes with the gear3.

It will be noted that'the-Lge'arst l to 8gin- I clusiveare successively largert-in diameter,

and the correspondinggears-with which said gears mesh are successively-smaller. in. diame-- ter. By-this varying of the-size of'the-in-,,- termeshing gears, I am able topjtransmit is'o movement varying speeds. from one shaft to another. :The gears3 'and.-2Q,{owing. to. the; intermediate gear 22, willimpart aj5reverse movement from'one ShltflZ-tO,QIIOthQI.

In applying my device, for use incomiec- .185 tionwith an automobileor, the like, eithery the shaft 2 or the shaftl) maybe the; driving,

shaft, and the other shaft of course, will .be 2

.the. driven shaft. -I,,wil l "however, hereimafter for the sake of 1clearness, refer to the 90. shaft-,2 as the drivingshafhand the .shaftQ,

driven shaft-,1 have provided-a pluralitygof clutch members, 24, 25, and .26. ,lhe clutchQ member 24 consists "of a coll-ara whichisg".

splined to the driven ..shaft;,9, and.carries, 1,

two 0 positely[disposedclutchfdogs fi'z.and f 28. he clutch dog 27 is provided W ithfl' tapered face forming agcam,shouldep asfloo clearly shown in -F i 5.; --5The gea1tf 10 is j, provided with a simi ar clutchdog 2,9 m iieam ce s sp ed as-j-tv 9. B9

with ythe cfam, face on; the ..clutchj'. ;do Q 27;. Thecollar 24r isproyided withs ace Cir;- cul arfr'ibstt) and 31. betweeniiwhich freeLy. r rests aqforked arm.,32, carried b a si'eeve rate segment d rigidl o'na rod 4.1? here's 4 extendst-hrough e casing and at its outei; end i s. freely connected with a ,lever...35l

r ie eve1 'sq s own. in Fig-3 is hiked:

' IOI'k is provided with a slot 36. A-collar 37 slots 36..

is located between the membersflfithe fork .and is rigidly secured to the rod. 34 by means of. bolts 38, 39, which extend 'thfou'ghthe The dog 28 carried. the collar 24 is adapted to cotip'erate witha similar'dog'40 which is connected to the gear 12. It will readily be seen that if the rod. 34 is shifted. to the left, the clutch dog 27 will be brought unto locking engagement with the clutch og 29, wliich'w1ll securefltlie gear 10 to the driven shaft 9, and therefore the motion of the driving shaft 2,- will be imparted through the gears 8-.and 10' to the driven shaft 9.- If 'the rod 34 isfshifted to the right, then the gear 12 will be locked to the driven shaft 9 and the motion of the drivmg shaft 2. imparted through the gears 7 and 12 tothe driven shaft 9. As a-means for holding the clutch dogs 27 and28"nor-' mally out of engagement with the dogs 29 and 40, I have provideda spring 41, which surrounds the bar 34 aiid at one end rests against "the-J casing 1," "'while' "its other end bearsa'gainst the collar 33, which is rigidly connected to the bar. 'I have also provided a spring 42 which surrounds the bar34,

hearing at one 'endagainst the collar 33,

while at its other'en said sprin be [against a bracket 43, rigidly secure to t e its pivot, will move the rod compressing the .that said lever ma be locked in its neutral position, that is, Wltll the dogs 27 and 28 out of engagement with the do 29 and 40. Said lever if swung in one ir'ectionabout spring 41, so as to brin the clutches 27 and 129 into engagement. f the latch be released from its notch, the spring 41 will at once move the-clutch collar to its central or neutral position. The spring 42 always acts to throw the clutch member to its neutral position. The member 25 carries clutch .dogs 46, 47, which c'otiperate with clutch dogs 48, 49, carried respectively by the gears Band 16. The 'clutchmember 25 1S operated by a forked arm; 50,of slmilar construction to theforked arm 32. The forked arm 50 is carriedby'atube 51, which slides freely-on the rod34, and in the casin and is pivotally connected atlits outer en to a lever 5l2,'by. a-slot and bolt connection 53.

The "lever; .52 is located centrally of the bracket 44, and isl'provided with a locking dog 54'. A spring 55 engages the bracket 43 at one, end, and at its other end, rests against the varnr i;50 rigidly connected to the tube 51-. Ai-s'priiig 56bears' against the bracket 43, at

. von'eend' andllat its other end; against the arm 50 ""The springs "55 a1id "56 serve to hold thearm 50 in a neutral position. Said arm 50 together with the clutch carrying member 25, may be ,shifted either to the right or to the left by means of the operating lever 52. .The clutch collar 26 carries clutching dogs 57, and 8, which coiiperate notches 65, 66, and 67, formed in the segment bar 68, carried by the bracket-44. By shifting the lever 53 so that the locking do 64 engages the various notches 65, 66, and 67, the clutch collar 66, may be shifted respectively into engagement with the clutch dog 59, in neutra position, or in engagement with theclutch dog 60. The s rings 69 and 70 operate to hold the forke .lever 61 in a neutral position.

In order to avoid throwing into connection two of the gears at the same time, I have provided each of the segment bars with a latch releasing bar 71. Said latch releasing bars are all similar in structure and are pivoted at one end to the bracket 44 by ivot pins 72'. At the forward ,end, the atch releasing bars 71 are each connected to a cross bar 73, so that if one of said latch bars be'swung about its pivot pin 72, the other one will also receive a similar movement.

The locking dog 64 as shown in Fig. 4, is provided at 1ts forward end with a downwardly extending portion 74, and a laterallv projecting portion 75, which extends underneath the latch releasing bar 71. Each of the locking dogs 64, 54, and 35, are similar in construction. It will readily be seen therefore, that if any one of the locking dogs be raised to lift the catch thereof out of the notch in the segment bar, said movement of the locking dog will lift all the latch releasing bars. Each of the latch releasing bars is provided with a notch 'or recess 76 so that if the locking do s are in the central notch, that is, with the c utches each in neutral position, the movement of the latch releasing bars, caused by the movement of the locking dog, will have no effect upon the other looking dogs. If however, any oneof the locking dogs should be in engagement with the outside notches so that one of the gears is locked to the driven shaft, then a movement of any one of the'other locking1 do will throu h the raising of the late re easing bars, lift the locking dog from the outside notch so that the springs oper'ating'upon the corresponding clutch collar to neutral position. A spring. 77 is provided for each one of the locking dogs,.to hold the same in' engagement with the notched segment bar.

Having thus particularly described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination of a driving shaft, a driven shaft, a plurality of pairs of intermeshing gears carried by said shafts, the gears on one ofsaid shafts being loosely mounted thereon, and means for connecting any oneof said loosely mounted gears to its telescoping reciprocating members,- and a lever for reciprocating independently any one of said members.

2. The combination of a driving shaft, a driven shaft, a plurality of pairs of intermeshing gears carried by said shafts, the gears on one of said shafts being loosely mounted thereon, and means for connecting any one of said loosely mounted gears to its supporting shaft, including a plurality of telescoping tubes and a lever 'for'operating each of.- said tubes independently of the other.

3. The combination with a shaft, of a plurality of spaced gears loosely carried. by said shaft, a plurality of clutching devices located intermediate said spaced gears, means for shifting said clutching devices including a plurality of telescoping tubes, and a lever for operating each of said tubes.

4E. The combination with a shaft, of a plurality of spaced gears loosely carried by said shaft, a plurality of clutching devices lo cated intermediate said spaced gears, means for shifting said clutching devices including a plurality of telescoping tubes, levers for shifting said tubes independent of each other, and springs operating vt0 shift said tubes so that said clutch members are held in neutral position' 5. The combination of a shaft, a plurality of spawd gears looseon said shaft, a clutch intermediate each air of gears, independent members for shifting said clutches, a lever for each of said independent members, a latch dog for locking each of said levers with a clutch in' engagementwith either of the gears, and means for releasingthe latch dog supporting shaft, including a plurality of f of a lever so locked upon the lifting of any other of the latch dogs.

6. The combination of clutch supporting collars splined to said shaft intermediate each pair of forked arm for shifting said clutch supporting collars, independent members for shifting said clutch collars, a lever for operating each of said independent members, and springs. for'holding said independent members with the clutch supporting collars in neutral position, a latch do for locking each of said levers with the c utch collar in engagement with either of the gears, and means for releasing the latch dog of a lever so locked upon the liftingof any other of the latch dogs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK B. ALLEN.

Witnesses: i

HENRY V. Van Pam, Gno. F. GOODWIN.

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